I know it’s terrible about José, but he walked away with £18 million – last time I was sacked, it was considerably less.
Cú Chulainn
Ah, but.. were you special..?
Shayna
My mom (RIP) thought I was?
Praetorian.
As did mine…RIP… ♡
Dub Spot
It’s football. Who cares unless you’re sitting in a white van in traffic on the M50. Or read TheJournal.ie.
Eoin
£10m says the FT
£15m says the Star
£18m (yes, sterling) say Irish papers
£24m says Virgin
Anyone recognise that jammer in all the pics, upholstered with a herd of flawless cattle.
DeKloot
Looks like a Jag XJ….
Clampers Outside!
UN Migration Pact riots in Belgium have lead to the resignation of the Belgian PM… where be the headlines for that? …hmmmm.
Daisy Chainsaw
Have you tried the Daily Heil or the Torygraph? Failing that, I’m sure Breitbart has an indepth analysis.
Clampers Outside!
A PM resigning is only fit for right wing papers to report?… or what is your vague point exactly?
MaryLou's ArmaLite
Selective reporting because the paper didn’t like the news. If you engage in this editorial policy you are no better than those you mock.
realPolithicks
Whats your point?
Clampers Outside!
It’s headline news, a PM has resigned, yet it is ignored. That’s my point.
Dub Spot
It’s Belgium. Deal with it.
realPolithicks
Why didn’t you just say that then, instead of throwing in “…hmmmm.” which of course implies some sort of conspiracy is going on.
Clampers Outside!
Really? hmmmm….
Brother Barnabas
It’s all over the news, Clampers
it’s not on these front pages because it only happened a few hours ago
realPolithicks
Clampers sees a conspiracy at every turn. #FakeNews
Clampers Outside!
You demonstrably are the one who ran with a conspiracy theory, good lad.
Clampers Outside!
Fair enough BB, ta.
realPolithicks
“You demonstrably are the one who ran with a conspiracy theory, good lad.”
#FakeNews
f_lawless
thing is though, it’s not actually all over the news..
I had a look at some outlets- at time of writing, on home pages of the Irish Times: nothing, Independent: nothing; Journal. ie : nothing; Observer: nothing; Guardian: tiny headline in international version only; Telegraph: nothing (they had a small reference on home page last night, now gone)..
What’s wrong with considering that there’s a conspiracy of silence of some sorts going on? Is it the word “conspiracy” gets people triggered? It doesn’t have to mean shady types meeting up in darkened rooms etc! “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_of_silence_(expression)
“describes the behavior of a group of people of some size, as large as an entire national group or profession or as small as a group of colleagues, that by unspoken consensus does not mention, discuss, or acknowledge a given subject. The practice may be motivated by positive interest in group solidarity or by such negative impulses as fear of political repercussion or social ostracism. It differs from avoiding a taboo subject in that the term is applied to more limited social and political contexts rather than to an entire culture.”
What is funny, is that the lack of coverage given to yellow vests in France was called a conspiracy….
and if I may, for fun, add this….
“hmmmmm…”
;0)
Jibjob
It’s Belgium. Two groups of people only loosely working together – at best – in one government. Language differences play a part in the divisions between these two groups. They have been known to go for years without a government administration.
I am strangely reminded of Northern Ireland.
Clampers Outside!
Aye, read that comparison before.
Daisy Chainsaw
Another story of abuse by “foster parents” of a child with special needs, despite reports being made many years before. Another FG donor?
Formerly Known As @ireland.com
May may have great doggedness but she is not smart. Brinkmanship is not what is needed for Brexit. As for Raab, I’d take the clown BoJo ahead of him. I reckon the “let’s do no deal” brigade are similar to the mob before one of the World wars, believing it will be fine when same people can see that it won’t.
Formerly Known As @ireland.com
Sane people (damn you autocorrect).
Emily Dickinson
The sympathy that people feel for Mrs May is clouding the fact that her approach to Brexit has been catastrophic. All along she’s been promising one thing to us and the EU, and the exact opposite to the Brexiteers and Unionists. A meaningful Brexit, a soft Irish border and complete alignment between GB and NI is fundamentally undeliverable and at this stage everyone knows it. I think the endgame here is a second referendum, but there’s no leadership in Westminster and with the clock ticking who knows what unintended consequences might unfold.
Eoin
“Households will be given further instructions on issues such as travel, medicines and banking in the coming weeks” says the Times today, written by British reporters and front page on the Times Ireland (yes, that is significant).
3,500 troops to be deployed “to cope with disruption at ports and elsewhere”
“Elsewhere”? You mean the streets of Tottenham, Croydon. Walthamstow. It won’t take much to light that kindling.
Eoin
The European Commission has published its no-deal papers. Knowing some of the remaining members of the British cabinet, I cannot see a no-deal coming about. I’d give it evens odds that the UK will seek an extension until the end of 2019 to conclude an exit deal.
“23.Will banks and insurers with headquarters in the UK be able to continue to
provide services in the EU in case of no deal?
In case of no deal, entities headquartered in the UK providing banking
services will no longer be allowed to provide services in the EU on the basis of
their current authorisations.
Similarly, in case of no deal, UK insurance undertakings will no longer be
allowed to provide services in the EU, including through online sales, on the
basis of their current authorisations.”
Eoin
The Anglo junior bondholders who are at this stage, the vulturiest of the vultures are to get 100% of the face value of their unsecured unguaranteed investments, which many will have bought for less than 50c in the euro. And the Irish taxpayer which bailed out the bank (with Irish Nationwide) to the tune of €35 billion?
Thank you Michael Noonan who cut deals which the Department of Finance still won’t disclose and well done Paschal Donohue for this latest outrage.
dav
blushirts will Always look after their vulture fund masters..
ollie
Only One comment on an additional almost 300 million loss ot the Irish Taxpayer that does not have to be paid.
Eoin
Does anyone get the impression Irish Ferries is angling for some state funding after they announced yesterday the cancellation of their Rosslare (Wexford) to France sailing. It’s absolutely baffling. The State has upgraded the roads to the port in Rosslare to facilitate cross-channel traffic. Brexit is coming. Irish goods exports and imports with Europe are rocketing while trade with Britain is down 10% this year.
Hope that analysis isn’t correct, not a good luck when any business tries to extort the country.
Tinytim
Maybe not; I’ve heard that Rosslare is not deep enough for their newest boat.
The sailing from Dublin still fits nicely in a 24 hr schedule for them & if you are coming from Dublin the total time difference is not significant. Much of the remaining traffic seemed to come from/ go to Cork and the southwest. The new Santander ferry to Cork this year may have taken a chunk of that.
Absolutely it is a shame to lose another thing to Dublin, but that is happening in most employment it seems.
Martco
Irish Ferries are a disaster so nothing surprises me about them atall
betcha they’re in big troubl€ over the new fancy boat
Mickey Twopints
Stena still operate that route, don’t they? There’s also the Cork-Roscoff and Cork-Santander services with Brittany ferries.
It seems like a strange move alright.
ollie
Hard border equals less Loylaist eviction thugs in the South, also less crazy nordie drivers.
Win win?
Thanks Johnny, at least you getting your info from a reputable news source.
In Ireland, they’re now saying that sadly Digicel will miss its debt reduction target for March 2019. It also says it’s making slow progress in selling “unwanted assets”. “unwanted”! It now appears as of Digicel got just US$84m for the sale of 451 towers in Jamaica in October, down from US$90m reported in the Indo at the time.
What did the 95% of 2020 bondholders get in return for their pushing the debt out? Seems they’re now #1 in the queue if Digicel goes to the wall. They must have had a lousy position before.
Has Denis O’Brien now committed not to squirrel away dividends and inter company “fees”?
Somehow, I’d prefer to be one of the 5% that didn’t take up the offer…..
Digicel bonds still on the floor near record lows.
Digi-posted a few extracts yesterday from Moodys recent analysis on Digicel,which were decent-waiting for Fridays deadline on outstanding or proposed bond swap/exchange before doing a deep dive.
Hopefully, will put something up under sat/sun papers-yes noticed NO dividends to DOB which had been proposed while back, the no FEES to afflicted companies will hurt-will they clip his wings further,he has been recouping a substantial amount flying costs on his swanky new jet !
I know it’s terrible about José, but he walked away with £18 million – last time I was sacked, it was considerably less.
Ah, but.. were you special..?
My mom (RIP) thought I was?
As did mine…RIP… ♡
It’s football. Who cares unless you’re sitting in a white van in traffic on the M50. Or read TheJournal.ie.
£10m says the FT
£15m says the Star
£18m (yes, sterling) say Irish papers
£24m says Virgin
Anyone recognise that jammer in all the pics, upholstered with a herd of flawless cattle.
Looks like a Jag XJ….
UN Migration Pact riots in Belgium have lead to the resignation of the Belgian PM… where be the headlines for that? …hmmmm.
Have you tried the Daily Heil or the Torygraph? Failing that, I’m sure Breitbart has an indepth analysis.
A PM resigning is only fit for right wing papers to report?… or what is your vague point exactly?
Selective reporting because the paper didn’t like the news. If you engage in this editorial policy you are no better than those you mock.
Whats your point?
It’s headline news, a PM has resigned, yet it is ignored. That’s my point.
It’s Belgium. Deal with it.
Why didn’t you just say that then, instead of throwing in “…hmmmm.” which of course implies some sort of conspiracy is going on.
Really? hmmmm….
It’s all over the news, Clampers
it’s not on these front pages because it only happened a few hours ago
Clampers sees a conspiracy at every turn. #FakeNews
You demonstrably are the one who ran with a conspiracy theory, good lad.
Fair enough BB, ta.
“You demonstrably are the one who ran with a conspiracy theory, good lad.”
#FakeNews
thing is though, it’s not actually all over the news..
I had a look at some outlets- at time of writing, on home pages of the Irish Times: nothing, Independent: nothing; Journal. ie : nothing; Observer: nothing; Guardian: tiny headline in international version only; Telegraph: nothing (they had a small reference on home page last night, now gone)..
What’s wrong with considering that there’s a conspiracy of silence of some sorts going on? Is it the word “conspiracy” gets people triggered? It doesn’t have to mean shady types meeting up in darkened rooms etc! “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_of_silence_(expression)
“describes the behavior of a group of people of some size, as large as an entire national group or profession or as small as a group of colleagues, that by unspoken consensus does not mention, discuss, or acknowledge a given subject. The practice may be motivated by positive interest in group solidarity or by such negative impulses as fear of political repercussion or social ostracism. It differs from avoiding a taboo subject in that the term is applied to more limited social and political contexts rather than to an entire culture.”
Fair cop f_lawless.
What is funny, is that the lack of coverage given to yellow vests in France was called a conspiracy….
and if I may, for fun, add this….
“hmmmmm…”
;0)
It’s Belgium. Two groups of people only loosely working together – at best – in one government. Language differences play a part in the divisions between these two groups. They have been known to go for years without a government administration.
I am strangely reminded of Northern Ireland.
Aye, read that comparison before.
Another story of abuse by “foster parents” of a child with special needs, despite reports being made many years before. Another FG donor?
May may have great doggedness but she is not smart. Brinkmanship is not what is needed for Brexit. As for Raab, I’d take the clown BoJo ahead of him. I reckon the “let’s do no deal” brigade are similar to the mob before one of the World wars, believing it will be fine when same people can see that it won’t.
Sane people (damn you autocorrect).
The sympathy that people feel for Mrs May is clouding the fact that her approach to Brexit has been catastrophic. All along she’s been promising one thing to us and the EU, and the exact opposite to the Brexiteers and Unionists. A meaningful Brexit, a soft Irish border and complete alignment between GB and NI is fundamentally undeliverable and at this stage everyone knows it. I think the endgame here is a second referendum, but there’s no leadership in Westminster and with the clock ticking who knows what unintended consequences might unfold.
“Households will be given further instructions on issues such as travel, medicines and banking in the coming weeks” says the Times today, written by British reporters and front page on the Times Ireland (yes, that is significant).
3,500 troops to be deployed “to cope with disruption at ports and elsewhere”
“Elsewhere”? You mean the streets of Tottenham, Croydon. Walthamstow. It won’t take much to light that kindling.
The European Commission has published its no-deal papers. Knowing some of the remaining members of the British cabinet, I cannot see a no-deal coming about. I’d give it evens odds that the UK will seek an extension until the end of 2019 to conclude an exit deal.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/communication-19-december-2018-preparing-withdrawal-united-kingdom-european-union-30-march-2019-implementing-commissions-contingency-action-plan_en
“23.Will banks and insurers with headquarters in the UK be able to continue to
provide services in the EU in case of no deal?
In case of no deal, entities headquartered in the UK providing banking
services will no longer be allowed to provide services in the EU on the basis of
their current authorisations.
Similarly, in case of no deal, UK insurance undertakings will no longer be
allowed to provide services in the EU, including through online sales, on the
basis of their current authorisations.”
The Anglo junior bondholders who are at this stage, the vulturiest of the vultures are to get 100% of the face value of their unsecured unguaranteed investments, which many will have bought for less than 50c in the euro. And the Irish taxpayer which bailed out the bank (with Irish Nationwide) to the tune of €35 billion?
Thank you Michael Noonan who cut deals which the Department of Finance still won’t disclose and well done Paschal Donohue for this latest outrage.
blushirts will Always look after their vulture fund masters..
Only One comment on an additional almost 300 million loss ot the Irish Taxpayer that does not have to be paid.
Does anyone get the impression Irish Ferries is angling for some state funding after they announced yesterday the cancellation of their Rosslare (Wexford) to France sailing. It’s absolutely baffling. The State has upgraded the roads to the port in Rosslare to facilitate cross-channel traffic. Brexit is coming. Irish goods exports and imports with Europe are rocketing while trade with Britain is down 10% this year.
Hope that analysis isn’t correct, not a good luck when any business tries to extort the country.
Maybe not; I’ve heard that Rosslare is not deep enough for their newest boat.
The sailing from Dublin still fits nicely in a 24 hr schedule for them & if you are coming from Dublin the total time difference is not significant. Much of the remaining traffic seemed to come from/ go to Cork and the southwest. The new Santander ferry to Cork this year may have taken a chunk of that.
Absolutely it is a shame to lose another thing to Dublin, but that is happening in most employment it seems.
Irish Ferries are a disaster so nothing surprises me about them atall
betcha they’re in big troubl€ over the new fancy boat
Stena still operate that route, don’t they? There’s also the Cork-Roscoff and Cork-Santander services with Brittany ferries.
It seems like a strange move alright.
Hard border equals less Loylaist eviction thugs in the South, also less crazy nordie drivers.
Win win?
lol sure pal
only another 4 Billion to go…..
“As of the date hereof, Digicel received from holders valid and unrevoked tenders of $1,893,688,000 aggregate principal amount of the Existing 2020 Notes, representing approximately 94.7% of such notes.”
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digicel-group-limited-receives-tenders-for-94-7-of-8-250-senior-notes-due-2020-882082433.html
Thanks Johnny, at least you getting your info from a reputable news source.
In Ireland, they’re now saying that sadly Digicel will miss its debt reduction target for March 2019. It also says it’s making slow progress in selling “unwanted assets”. “unwanted”! It now appears as of Digicel got just US$84m for the sale of 451 towers in Jamaica in October, down from US$90m reported in the Indo at the time.
What did the 95% of 2020 bondholders get in return for their pushing the debt out? Seems they’re now #1 in the queue if Digicel goes to the wall. They must have had a lousy position before.
Has Denis O’Brien now committed not to squirrel away dividends and inter company “fees”?
Somehow, I’d prefer to be one of the 5% that didn’t take up the offer…..
Digicel bonds still on the floor near record lows.
Hi Eoin-dashing about a bit today appreciate your input as always,will respond a little later.
FYI
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-19/trump-ready-to-remove-sanctions-on-deripaska-s-rusal-in-30-days
Treasury statement-below.
Digi-posted a few extracts yesterday from Moodys recent analysis on Digicel,which were decent-waiting for Fridays deadline on outstanding or proposed bond swap/exchange before doing a deep dive.
Hopefully, will put something up under sat/sun papers-yes noticed NO dividends to DOB which had been proposed while back, the no FEES to afflicted companies will hurt-will they clip his wings further,he has been recouping a substantial amount flying costs on his swanky new jet !
Here he is last night in NY :)
https://twitter.com/irishmissionun/status/1075082289707659267
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm576